The Cosmonaut Screening + Costume Party
Join us for the Toronto premiere of “The Cosmonaut”, the groundbreaking, crowd-funded film about love, space, and Soviet rocketry. Oh, and win some incredible prizes in our costume contest!
See the trailer here: http://vimeo.com/59640383
The Cosmonaut (www.thecosmonaut.org) is a crowd-funded feature-length film about the first batch of Soviet cosmonaut recruits. Featuring breathtaking visuals, a love triangle and a lost cosmonaut myth come to life, and inspired by real events, this film was also shot on the love and dedication of an indie creative team with the backing of over 5000 individual contributors.
Its world premiere is coming up, and this event is the film screening for all Toronto’s astrophiles, nerds, partygoers, aspiring filmmakers and underdog backers.
The screening will include one or more of the following amazing components:
- A costume contest in two categories: Sci-Fi (Star Trek, Star Wars, Firefly, Alien, etc.) and Space Pioneer (Apollo 13, Gagarin, etc.) with audience judges and fitting best costume prizes in each category.
- Thematically appropriate tunes with a stellar DJ
- A fully licensed sushi/bar venue so we can all drink while we watch the film
The event will be 19+ and the cost for this unique screening will be 15$ to cover venue rental, DJ and prizes. 50% of the proceeds will go directly to the movie’s creators.
Please, tell your friends and friends of friends, tell your game group, your astronomy club, your fellow circus performers, your LARP team, your band, your book club…tell everyone, and invite them to this event, even if you yourself can’t make it!
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This Jeremy Clarkson Mask Will Be Your Next Halloween Costume
Who wants to be a superhero for Halloween when you could be the greatest motoring show host… in the world?
How I plan Halloween is that I always get a random spurt of inspiration like six months before, and then I forget about it until three days before Halloween, where I invariably wear the vest I had when I worked at Walmart.
Well, for just £1.93, you can buy a cut out mask of Jeremy Clarkson. Just think, you can scare children and politicians alike with one mask. It’ll also freak you out to see Clarkson without any eyes in his head. Unfortunately, you have to be in England to order this one. There is one for sale on Amazon in America, but it’s $10.99.
Some say that the mask is made out of bones from an ancient burial ground, and that the mask will make you instantly better in bed. All we know is, it seems like a great way to beat your friends this Halloween.
Common Gnomes Pop Up at Rarefied Flower Show, to Horror of Many
So it was not surprising that the staid Royal Horticultural Society‘s decision to allow garden gnomes — creatures commonly associated with the landscapes of the unrich, the unfamous and the untasteful — at the Chelsea Flower Show this year elicited a variety of responses.
Such as people all but fleeing in horror when the word was mentioned. “Gnomes?” said one exhibitor on Monday, when the show opened in preview. “I can’t comment on gnomes.”
Some exhibitors went proud and loud, putting gnomes in places they would not be missed, like in the middle of the grass. Others seemed to feel that gnomes may be fine for other people, but certainly not any people they know, or want to know. One renowned landscape architect, Robert Myers, hid a gnome in a tree in his display, lost his nerve and took it out again before the judges could see it.
“I don’t know where he went,” Mr. Myers said of his erstwhile gnome.
And then there were the Hewitt brothers, Paul and Richard, who were exhibiting greenhouses and who showed up dressed in gnome outfits that they had purchased on eBay and accessorized with beards they had fashioned themselves.
They had misunderstood, and were feeling a little sheepish. “We thought there’d be loads of people dressed as gnomes,” said Paul Hewitt, 50.
Richard Hewitt, 57, said it reminded him of the time he went to a black-tie party dressed as Ozzy Osbourne, having mistakenly thought he was going to a costume party.
The flower show is the horticultural society’s most important and influential occasion in this gardening-mad country, drawing Britain’s top gardeners and thousands of horticulture enthusiasts. Exhibitors spend several weeks and, sometimes, hundreds of thousands of dollars creating entire gardens that compete for various titles and are seen by the country’s keenest and most discerning gardeners.
Gnomes, which are called “brightly colored mythical creatures” in the handbook governing the show, are not really part of the Chelsea aesthetic. (Nor are balloons, flags, “feather flags,” or “any item which, in the opinion of the society, detracts from the presentation of the plants or products on display,” the handbook reads.)
But outside the rarefied world of the flower show, garden gnomes — small and cheery, or small and creepy, depending on your perspective, and typically dressed like the dwarves in “Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs” — are extraordinarily popular.
Tackiness, it seems, is in the eye of the beholder.
“There are a lot of people who are gnome fanatics, who will literally buy any gnome going,” said Sally Chambers, décor brand manager at Solus, a company offering gardening-related products that has sold 200,000 gnomes in its Woodland Wilf line since 2009.
Customers have multiple Wilfs to choose from, including Wilf lying on a leaf, Wilf watering the plants, Wilf sheltering under a mushroom and Wilf playing golf.
“They put it in the front garden, the back garden,” Ms. Chambers continued. “They send me photographs of their gnome collections. There’s a lady who’s quite a good photographer, who uses Wilf as a subject and sells the photos on the Internet.”
Jonathan Jones, the garden director at the 14th-century Tregothnan estate in Cornwall, said he was not embarrassed at the inclusion of a gnome in his Chelsea exhibit. The gnome, cunningly sitting inside a kind of mini-indoor greenhouse called a Wardian case, can usually be found on the estate, by the clock tower.
The owners of large estates in Cornwall have a humorous habit of playing gnome-related tricks among themselves, Mr. Jones said, sometimes unexpectedly placing gnomes in odd places on one another’s property. “Once someone decapitated one of our gnomes,” he said.
As part of its new gnome-friendly policy, the horticultural society gave a group of gnomes to a group of celebrities, who then decorated them (Elton John gave his huge sunglasses with pink rhinestones). The gnomes, which are on display at the flower show, are to be auctioned off to raise money to help educate children about gardening.
And about time, said Laurence Llewelyn-Bowen, a celebrity who gives decorating advice on television and who painted his gnome in a classic English landscape.
“Gnomes are very symbolic in English gardens, as an anti-class statement,” said Mr. Llewelyn-Bowen, who happened to be passing by his painted gnome as he prepared to tour the garden show. He said he had a colony of gnomes in his garden.
“It’s good to confront the received wisdom that all gnomes are nasty,” Mr. Llewelyn-Bowen said. Referring to his wife, he added: “Also, Jackie has had to overcome her poshness and confront her gnomophobia.”
“I’ve learned that there’s no place for gnomism in my life,” Ms. Llewelyn-Bowen said.
The loosening of the gnome restrictions applies only to this year, the centenary year of the Chelsea Flower Show. Next year the ban will return.
Not everyone will be sorry. A new advertising campaign for Ikea shows gangs of evil gnomes menacing a couple in the couple’s garden, whereupon the couple attacks back, drowning the gnomes, hurling them against a fence and smashing them to bits.
At the stand for Kings Seeds, a gnome in a little green hat sat in what on closer inspection turned out to be a chamber pot.
“It’s a joke, really, to show what we think of gnomes,” said Les Day, the managing director. “From a practical point of view, if you’re growing seeds in your garden you don’t need them, really. It’s more practical to put in something like netting or slug repellent.”
Japanese Pommel Horse Skit Is Both Mesmerizing And Hilarious (VIDEO)
Japanese TV has done it again! From the land of the wackiest game shows ever comes this clip of a pommel horse routine that’s unlike any you’ve ever seen.
Watch the silly (but totally mesmerizing) bit from Japanese TV show “Masquerade” in the video above and tell us if you think we’ve found the next Olympic sport in the comments.
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A royal pain – Philly.com
YOU ARE BORN insanely rich, so rich you will never have to work a day in your life, but you will “work” and be royally compensated. Sound inviting?
You are the second grandson of the monarch, the second son of her son. You are the “spare,” after the “heir,” as the Britons say.
Your name is Prince Henry, they call you Prince Harry, but you are really Prince Redundant.
In Ye Goode Olde Days, you would spend your days happily drunk, dissolute and in the arms of whores.
It could be worse.
Then things changed.
Heads started rolling, royal heads, the heads of blue bloods.
The House of Windsor, no dopes they, intuited they would have to change if they were to keep their castles, their titles, their wealth, their heads.
So they morphed from rulers into PR gimmicks – like team mascots, but for an entire nation.
U.S.A. has Disneyland, the kingdom of Mickey Mouse.
The Brits have Buckingham Palace, the kingdom of the Windsors. (Currently the queendom.)
For modern-day royals, there are expectations.
Next-in-line to the throne, Prince Charles was expected to marry a fetching virgin, so he was denied his true love. Because chronic inbreeding seldom produces the best and the brightest, he chose to couple with commoner Diana Spencer, the shy, willowy schoolteacher destined for global celebrity and an early, public death.
Do the wealth and celebrity still sound inviting?
Gone are the days when the royals would be killed by assassins. Today the killers carry cameras and digital recorders.
When Elizabeth – her 61-year reign is Britain’s second-longest (after Queen Victoria’s 63 years) – decides to cash in or croak, her elderly son Charles will have a short reign compared to his mum.
His No. 1 son, William, may have a long reign.
No. 2, Harry, 28, will have a long, fruitless wait. The moment the lovely Kate, Will’s wife, pops one from the oven, Harry is o-u-t.
Will he be jealous, or relieved?
Younger and more trouble-prone than older brother William, Prince Harry (known to his friends as Spike) has had several brushes with notoriety. If your kid does it, it’s delinquency. If a royal does it, it’s an embarrassment:
There was underage drinking, smoking pot, wearing a Nazi uniform at a costume party, throwing snowballs at bobbies from the Kensington (London’s, not Philly’s) palace roof, punching a paparazzo, calling a Pakistani comrade a “Paki,” and a few other BFDs.
After photos surfaced showing Prince Harry nude during a late-night party in Las Vegas, the redheaded royal heartthrob shut down his Facebook profile – He had used the pseudonym “Spike Wells.”
We jump ahead to this week. In uniform, he paid his respects to America’s fallen at Arlington National Cemetery and to wounded veterans at Walter Reed, and flew to Colorado to attend the Warrior Games for wounded service personnel. Harry – a captain in the British army, a self-described “bullet magnet” during frontline service in Afghanistan – is at ease among his fellow soldiers. Brits with whom he served regard the young royal as a good bloke.
Later in the week – still looking comfortable – he was walked around the Jersey Shore by the human dirigible, Gov. Christie. (Note to Guv: Avoid being photographed next to anyone as slim and fit as Harry.) He closed the week playing polo (He shoots, he scores!) for charity in Connecticut.
He has a serious side and a sexy, silly side. Like his mother, he chafes in the velvet handcuffs of royalty.
There is practically no chance he will sit on the throne, and I think he’d rather sit on a horse.
Redundant or not, he will spend his entire life under a microscope, having his every word and action scrutinized and criticized.
To me, that’s a royal pain.
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Billboard Music Awards 2013: Miley Cyrus Goes Black And White On The Blue …
Miley Cyrus turned heads as she arrived at the 2013 Billboard Music Awards on Sunday night (May 19), dressed in a jumpsuit that looked like it had been fashioned together from the remains of an old Sexy Jester Halloween Costume and a few of Grandma Cyrus’ doilies. The Balmain-designed one piece was a far different style choice from the sexy white business suit-esque look Disney’s best twerker sported just a year ago (back when her hair was much, much longer than Liam’s). Regardless of whether Miley’s ensemble is your cup of tea, the pop star completed the look with the ultimate accessory: unwavering confidence.
We’re sure our dear Miley is excited to premiere her new single “We Can’t Stop” tonight at the BBMAs — are you?
The Cosmonaut Screening + Costume Party – blogTO
Join us for the Toronto premiere of “The Cosmonaut”, the groundbreaking, crowd-funded film about love, space, and Soviet rocketry. Oh, and win some incredible prizes in our costume contest!
See the trailer here: http://vimeo.com/59640383
The Cosmonaut (www.thecosmonaut.org) is a crowd-funded feature-length film about the first batch of Soviet cosmonaut recruits. Featuring breathtaking visuals, a love triangle and a lost cosmonaut myth come to life, and inspired by real events, this film was also shot on the love and dedication of an indie creative team with the backing of over 5000 individual contributors.
Its world premiere is coming up, and this event is the film screening for all Toronto’s astrophiles, nerds, partygoers, aspiring filmmakers and underdog backers.
The screening will include one or more of the following amazing components:
- A costume contest in two categories: Sci-Fi (Star Trek, Star Wars, Firefly, Alien, etc.) and Space Pioneer (Apollo 13, Gagarin, etc.) with audience judges and fitting best costume prizes in each category.
- Thematically appropriate tunes with a stellar DJ
- A fully licensed sushi/bar venue so we can all drink while we watch the film
The event will be 19+ and the cost for this unique screening will be 15$ to cover venue rental, DJ and prizes. 50% of the proceeds will go directly to the movie’s creators.
Please, tell your friends and friends of friends, tell your game group, your astronomy club, your fellow circus performers, your LARP team, your band, your book club…tell everyone, and invite them to this event, even if you yourself can’t make it!
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Black lab Travis is greeter at music store
HASTINGS, Neb. (AP) — He doesn’t know a lick of music, yet he’s the one customers ask for most when visiting Major Music Center.
Meet Travis, a senior black Labrador retriever rescued by store owners Maureen and Randy Mendyk two years ago through Kats Wagon Train, an underground railroad transport for abused dogs.
Although they already had three dogs, the family opted to make Travis No. 4 after the woman who was supposed to adopt him in Scottsbluff failed to show up.
The Hastings Tribune reports that crippled from years of abuse, Travis showed signs of having endured a difficult life. Both his front legs had been broken and left to heal without repair at the elbow. His front teeth were worn down from chewing on the metal cage he is believed to have been kept in. Worms infested his body.
During the drive to Scottsbluff, he refrained from making eye contact with his rescuers, choosing instead to keep his head down as if to avoid confrontation. His suffering was evident.
“Needless to say, he just came home with us,” Maureen said. “He came to us abused and very thin. Whoever had him didn’t treat him well.”
As visits to the family veterinarian and subsequent medication slowly began to heal his physical ailments, Travis wasted little time bonding with his new family. The Mendyks’ twin teen daughters Anna and Ashley are so smitten by him they’re planning to write a children’s book trumpeting his many adventures.
And while he gets along famously with the family’s other canine companions — a golden retriever, a Brittany spaniel and dachshund — he has grown especially fond of his owners. Separation is not an option.
“Shortly after we opened the store I was working at home,” Maureen said. “When I started working at the store, he had separation anxiety. He would bulldoze the fence and wait for us on the porch. After doing this a few times, Randy said, ‘Let’s bring him with us.’”
He became a fixture at the store, much to the delight of customers who now come in just to visit the elder statesman. Some have even brought their own dogs to meet him. He remains a favorite of children who frequent the store, often just to see him.
“He loves kids,” Maureen said. “He eats breakfast here at work and people bring him treats. He usually walks out from behind the counter when the door rings to greet people.”
To Randy, who first encouraged Maureen to get involved with animal rescue to give her some place other than home to help stray animals, Travis has become a favorite son of sorts. He no longer minds lifting the 117-pound dog into the back of the family van for their daily commute to work from Grand Island. With the van’s back seat removed, Travis now is able to stretch out in comfort there.
“He’s part of our family now and part of our lives,” Randy said. “We love him.
“He’s easy to take care of, considering everything. He’s always in a good mood and gets along brilliantly with the other dogs at home. He’s kind of like a wise old man who takes care of things.”
Travis’ popularity peaked during Halloween last year. Dressed in a striped Halloween costume, he became the main attraction at the store during the downtown trick or treat candy giveaway. Children lined up to have their photo taken with him.
He fits right in at the store, striking a harmonic chord with customers of all ages. Chris Niemeyer, a music teacher at Zion Lutheran School, frequents the store with her 4-year-old son, Ben. Both have grown fond of Travis through their many encounters there.
“He is very gentle and loves to play,” Chris said. “Ben especially likes throwing his toy around the room and watching him run to get it. He thinks it’s pretty cool that there’s a dog in a music store!”
Lisa Carson is a stay-at-home mother of three daughters who teaches swimming lessons part time at the Hastings Family YMCA. While mother and daughters enjoy Travis’ presence at the store, it is youngest daughter Shayna, 11, who is most enamored with him.
“She comes in here mostly to see Travis,” Carson said. “My girls don’t have a fear of dogs because we have bigger dogs, so Shayna has always gone right up to them.
“It’s always a friendlier atmosphere when they’re willing to have a pet in the facility. You just feel a lot more comfortable. They’re really nice people, so he just goes right along with it.”
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Information from: Hastings Tribune, http://www.hastingstribune.com
This AP Member Exchange was shared by the Hastings Tribune.
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You Can Be A Superhero! – The Christian Post
When you think back on your life, how many of you had visions of being a superhero who brought justice?
I know that 90 percent of you had some form of superhero paraphernalia: underwear, pajamas, a cape, masks or a Halloween costume. There is something in us at a very young age that wants to be a few things: we want to be good, we want to be dangerous, we want to have special power, and we want to deliver justice.
Read more at http://www.christianpost.com/news/uprising-series-iii-why-the-fascination-with-superheroes-95879/#ePoFfem6jAHH2oPY.99
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